Peaceful protest. Which says it all, really, about how Iraq has changed since the days of Saddam; the fact that this is Sadr’s people doing what people in democracies do also tells us how far we’ve come in the last……

]]>By: The Irascible Chef » I Smell Napalm…http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662902
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:52 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1662902[...] Iraq, where…ummm…we seem to have achieved a quiet and roundly ignored victory, as demonstrated here, and here, and [...]
]]>By: Victory In Iraq Day, Nov. 22, 2008 « American Truthshttp://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662864
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:45:55 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1662864[...] Ed Morrissey on November 19 points to another kind of benchmark which indicates the war’s end: the fact that the Iraqi government in now engaging in [...]
]]>By: nagee76http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662433
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:06:27 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1662433Folks,
For all those people who may have a blog or know of blogger friends who support the Iraqi war efforts, here is an awesome idea – celebrate November 22 as VI day – Victory in Iraq day on your blogs

]]>By: The Ugly Americanhttp://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1660990
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:57:13 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1660990Bet they builid theirs before we Californians get our high speed rail.
]]>By: PresidenToorhttp://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1660682
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:40:57 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1660682Baghdad is akin to Mexico City in one way, and that is in the number of archeoligical wonders that must be buried beneath the city.

Hopefully the Iraqis take a better stance at preserving these when they happen upon them in digging, than they did in preserving those artifacts already above ground when the war started.

]]>By: Al-Qaida Insults Obama « Trust, But Verifyhttp://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1660641
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:32:43 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1660641[...] centers of the middle east in the same vein as Dubai and Abu Dhabi. There has already been much progress in Baghdad metro and it would be a shame to see Al Qaida come in and infect it on the weakness of American foreign [...]
]]>By: njcommuterhttp://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1660628
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:27:03 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1660628If there is any justice in the world, one of those stations will be named after George W. Bush and another will be named for David Petraeus. And in fifty years, schoolchildren there will wonder why stations are named after army units, not realizing that they are US Army units.
]]>By: crosspatchhttp://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1660400
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:28:06 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1660400Looking at local news headlines from Iraq I see stories such as: Iraqi Commercial Bank to offer Master Card, Rail freight service restored from Muthanna to Basra, Iraqis plan to reduce government employment by 75 percent over the next 10 years, 15 hours/day of power expected by June of 2009.

15 hours of power is huge. While during Saddam’s time Baghdad had power 24 hours a day, most of the country had little or none. Often a town would get only a couple of hours of electricity so they could pump enough water for the next day. Many villages got none at all. This 15 hours is 15 hours a day nationally though some towns currently do get more and some less. The rail freight system reopening and consumers getting access to credit cards is another huge development. People no longer would need to carry large amounts of cash around and accounts could be settled at the end of the month.

I wonder, has anyone done a compare of the crime rate in Chicago to Baghdad?

tarpon on November 19, 2008 at 8:34 AM

I just read a report yesterday, but I forgot which article. the gist of it was over the three months of summer, there were 125 homicides in Chicago, which was more than military casualties in Iraq of the same period.

“So this computer thinks it can defeat its enemy by killing his mother before he’s even born? … Sort of a, retro-active abortion?”

Followed by the next best movie line ever …

“Why didn’t you bring back any ray-guns?”

“Nothing dead will go through.”

“Why not?”

“I DIDN’T BUILD THE F*CKING THING!”

]]>By: Tony737http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1660083
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:39:36 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1660083Iraq was the breadbasket of the middle east. They don’t call it the fertile crescent for nothing. – Kafir

Yup, the two rivers give it that growing quality, but does that also give it the stability to dig tunnels? They sure could use it to alleviate some of that traffic. And yes they have large buildings, and that would seem to prove to a novice that it’d be safe to dig a subway system, but unless you’re an engineer, who really knows? I wish ‘em luck and hope they succeed. Put that oil money to good use!

Yes, if an adequate camel-bribe is paid to the authorities. And the happy couple never tells a soul what they’ve done.

Can abortions be done on a Baghdad sidewalk?

They call them “Retro-Active Abortions”, and use explosives.

Do transgendered interpretive-dance professors have the right to hold nude parades through Anbar province?

Yes, and they’re really something to see, especially in a sandstorm. Ever dance nude in a sandstorm? Very bracing.

NO! We won….but have we really won?

Yup.

Bishop on November 19, 2008 at 8:47 AM

I kid, of course.

]]>By: Kermithttp://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/19/victory-in-iraq-the-baghdad-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-1660001
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:09:08 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=35006#comment-1660001I’d have rather lived in Baghdad during the worst of times than New Orleans. Just like in New Orleans I’d rather be they fellow that the drive by shooters are aiming at rather than the bystanders.
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